It is Michael Bays Best Ever! and most of it makes sense!

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2005)

The island is a futuristic action thriller. Set in the year 2019, residents the the last human city live sheltered lives after a disease has contaminated most of the globe. They know the ocean, grass, insects, and all of the worlds wonders only from pictures and looking outside the window. None of them have ever smelled fresh air. The only drive in their lives is that some day they could move to the last habitable island in the world.
The Island is pretty solid as an all around movie. Michael Bays visual sense actually completely fits the movie. The movie is down and gritty, which is why Bay was tapped to direct in the first place one would assume. As Far as the cast goes, Ewan McGregor did a great job. He performed above his usual standard. Especially in his scenes with himself (although during one of the car chases his Scottish character was played a bit BIG, but i think that was intended). Scarlett Johansson shows a new side in this film. She performs action, drama, and suspense perfectly. Michael Clarke Duncan gives the performance of the movie, although its a short one. Steve Buscemi and Sean Bean are also great, but take a back seat in the story. While Djimon Hounsou is under used and given a character arc most wont care about.
As far as the action cheese goes. Nothing was THAT cheesy. Although the part when two people fall off a skyscraper with a helicopter exploding like 3 feet away from them and they survive with tiny scratches will bother some. The joke that follows it makes it forgivable.
Over all it is a unusually solid movie, with more plot and character development than all of Bays other movies put together (minus pearl harbor).
So Watch And Enjoy This Surprising Summer Delight!